When business and national interests conflict: A presentation by David Yosifon, Santa Clara Law Professor, exploring how corporations consider the impact of their business decisions on their home country and its interests. Commentary response f
Journalist Julia Angwin speaks at Santa Clara University about algorithmic decision-making and algorithmic accountability as part of the “IT, Ethics, and Law” lecture series co-sponsored by the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and the High Te
Silvia Camporesi, a bioethicist trained in biotechnology in Italy and the U.S., and in philosophy of medicine in the UK, describes the new gene editing techniques using CRISPR/Cas9, and its bioethical and biopolitical ramifications.
Glenn Loury, Merton Stoltz Professor of the Social Sciences and professor of economics at Brown University, explores the issue of race in the criminal justice system and asks, “Where do we go from here?”
Professor Kenneth Manaster of the SCU School of Law reflects on his decades of work in the area of environmental law, including reflections on his far-sighted law review article from the 1970s called "The Dignity of Nature."
Kevin Perrot, entrepreneur and Ph.D. candidate of the Buck Institute for Research on Aging, discusses the dramatic advances science has made in understanding the underlying causes of the degeneration associated with aging, and the intriguing cl
Antonio Casilli, associate professor of digital humanities at Telecom Paris Tech, adresses the arguments of some scholars who, challenging past approaches, now argue that trolling reproduces anthropological archetypes, intersects specific Inter
Dale G. Larson, Ph.D., Professor Counseling Psychology, Santa Clara University, Fellow, American Psychological Association, and conference chairperson for the Compassion in Action conference on end-of-life issues held annually at Santa Clara U
Sarita Tamayo, SCU Religious Studies; Thomas Plante, SCU Professor and director of Spirituality and Health Institute; Barbara Burns, SCU Liberal Studies; Diane Dreher, SCU English; Andre Delbecq, SCU Management
Professor Aldo Billingslea, SCU Associate Provost for Diversity and Inclusion; Judge LaDoris Cordell, Independent Police Auditor, City of San Jose; Jeffrey Rosen, District Attorney, Santa Clara County; Professor Margaret Russell, SCU School of
Westley Clark, Dean’s Executive Professor, Public Health Program; Margaret McLean, Associate Director & Director of Bioethics, Markkula Center for Applied Ethics; Harry Odamtten, Assistant Professor, History Dept;Moderated by Sonja Mackenzie, A
Ethics at Noon: "Cancer, Genes and the Angelina Jolie Case: Ethics and the Aftermath of Genetic Diagnosis." Laura Ellingson, SCU Communication; Angel Islas, SCU Biology; and Karen Peterson-Iyer, SCU Religios Studies.